TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT) on Salivary Glutathione Reductase (GR) in Smokers and Periodontitis Subjects A1 - Priyanka Kakade A1 - Sameer A. Zope A1 - Girish Suragimath A1 - Siddhartha Varma A1 - Apurva Kale A1 - Vaishali Mashalkar JF - Annals of Dental Specialty JO - Ann Dent Spec SN - 2347-2022 Y1 - 2022 VL - 10 IS - 4 DO - 10.51847/WZghL73bwK SP - 109 EP - 116 N2 - Deranged antioxidant status may play a role in the extreme tissue breakdown in periodontitis. Apart from periodontitis, smoking also plays a major contributing role in increasing oxidative stress of periodontal tissues. Hence this study aimed to evaluate & compare the salivary Glutathione Reductase (GR) levels following non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) in smokers and non-smokers with and without periodontitis. A total of 76 subjects were divided into four groups smokers with Periodontitis (n = 19), smokers without Periodontitis (n = 19), non-smokers with periodontitis (n = 19), and non-smokers without periodontitis (n = 19). Clinical parameters such as plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI) probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment level (CAL) were assessed at baseline, on the 14th day, and at 1 month. Salivary GR levels were analyzed by ELISA pre and post-NSPT. NSPT was associated with improvement in PI and GI scores. Significant reduction in PPD and gain in CAL were observed post-NSPT (p UR - https://annalsofdentalspecialty.net.in/article/effect-of-non-surgical-periodontal-therapy-nspt-on-salivary-glutathione-reductase-gr-in-smokers-ji7g6omplsm3rka ER -